Diana has been involved in social media for 4 years. In her current position, she is responsible for managing all elements of social media for the Bay Area Bicycle Coalition. This includes: creating a Twitter editorial calendar for both the organization and its premiere event, Bike to Work Day; measuring effective Tweet timing using analytic analysis; evaluating new Twitter tools like Twitpay or Tweet Your Senator; and promoting Twitter feed to public, government agencies, local businesses and media. Recently, she launched a music video to promote biking to an over 2 Million Twitter broadcast. She currently serves as South Asian Journalists Association Bay Area Chair and India Community Center CPP Chair. She earned her BA in Psychology from Harvard University and an MA in Theology from Hebrew University. She's been a long-time journalist for top International and national Asian publications over the years including Couture Asia, Maverick, India West and Indian Life & Style Magazine.
Clayton has been involved in social media for 6 years. In his current position, he is responsible for overseeing the organization's web and social media presence. This includes launching @theatrebayarea and @claytonlord, the two Twitter handles that he uses to engage the local Bay Area and national theatre and arts communities. Clayton earned a B.A. in English and Psychology from Georgetown University, and currently serves as board member for Z Space. He is a member of the programming committee for the National Arts Marketing Conference, the former co-chair of the Association of Performing Arts Service Organizations conference, and blogs at artsjournal.com/newbeans.
Susan has worked in nonprofit online community management for 12 years and has been active in social media since 2006. In her current position, Online Community and Social Media Director at TechSoup, she runs weekly online campaigns and speaks regularly at conferences about online communities, distributed teams, social media & virtual worlds. Driving the organization's twitter account and social media strategy, she teaches twitter best practices at conferences and webinars to partners and internal/external stakeholders. Previously, as Online Community Manager at TechSoup, Susan was responsible for launching the organization's entire social media presence and has been a thought leader in how to use social media for 6 years. Under her leadership, TechSoup’s Twitter account has grown 40% over the past year, and she’s considered a twitter expert in both the nonprofit and independent sectors. Susan was responsiblefor launching the organization's community forums which has an active membership of 75,000 nonprofit members and organizes a monthly online community meetup. Susan currently serves as Social Media advisor for many organizations, most interestingly, the all-girl rock band, The Go-Gos. She earned her BA in Literature from USF and a her MA in Lit from SFSU. She can be found on twitter as @suzboop
Grace has been involved in social media and communications for eight years. In her current position, she is responsible for creating and implementing procedures for social media and crisis communications. Previously, as Communications Associate at Para Los Niños, Grace managed social media/ web content, developing the brand online and launching online campaigns. In both positions, her Twitter activities included successful efforts to increase her organizations’ Klout scores, Tweet reach, number of followers, posting frequency, unique visitor hits, online brand mentions and other key performance indicators for social media. Grace has a BA in English from UCLA and an MBA from the University of San Francisco. She is a member of Betta Gamma Sigma and recent long-time volunteer manager for the West Coast Songwriters Organization.
The Leadership Series will take place at the Salvation Army Kroc Community Center. The Community Center is easy to reach by public or private transportation. The full address is:
The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center 240 Turk Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Public Transportation The Kroc Center is accessible by both Muni Bus and BART.
Getting There By Bus: Muni bus routes 16X and 31 stop directly in front of the Kroc Center. The 5, 9 and 19 bus routes stop within 2 blocks of the Kroc Center at the corner of Turk Street & Leavenworth Street. Walking Directions from Leavenworth Street to meeting venue: Exit bus stop to right. You are on Turk Street. Venue will be approximately 1 minute walk on Turk Street. Meeting Venue will be on right.
Getting There By Train: The closest BART Station is Civic Center which is 3 blocks from the Kroc Center. The following trains stop at the Civic Center: Blue, Green, Red & Yellow.
Walking directions from Civic Center to meeting venue: Exit Civic Center making a right on Market Street. Make a left on Leavenworth Street (you will cross through Heart of the City Farmer's Market Park). Follow Leavenworth to Turk Street. Make a right on Turk Street. Venue will be on the right. It is approximately a six minute walk from Civic Center to meeting venue. Directions by Car: From East Bay (Bay Bridge) Take 80 West to San Francisco (towards Bay Bridge). After crossing bridge, exit at 5th Street (left lane exit). Take a slight left at Harrison Street, and then right at 6th Street. Continue on 6th Street until it crosses Market Street and becomes Taylor Street, then turn left at Turk Street. The Kroc Center will be on your right.
From the North Bay (Golden Gate Bridge) If traveling from The Golden Gate Bridge take US-101 South to San Francisco. After crossing the bridge, continue on Lombard Street. Turn right at Van Ness Avenue. Turn left at O'Farrell Street. Turn Right at Jones Street. Turn Right on Turk Street. The venue will be on your left. From the South Bay If traveling from the South Bay you can take Highway 280 North to San Francisco (towards Downtown SF/Bay Bridge). Exit at 6th Street. Continue on 6th Street until it crosses Market Street and becomes Taylor Street. Turn left at Turk Street. The Kroc Center will be on your right. If using Highway 101, take 101 North to the 101/280 intersection, then proceed on 280 North as described above. For area map, please visit: www.krocsf.org/directions Parking: On Street parking is limited near the meeting venue. There are several parking garages within walking distance of the meeting location.
Option 1: Turk Street Garage and Open Lot, 175 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 415.885.6925
This garage is located at the intersection of Turk and Jones Street. The Garage charges $6 for all day parking. Cash only. Walking directions from garage to meeting venue: Exit parking garage and make a left on Turk Street. The Kroc Center will be on your right. It is approximately a one minute walk from garage to meeting location.
Option 2: Toca Park, 265 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 415.359.0601 www.tocapark.com
This garage charges $7.00 for all day parking. Cash only. Walking directions from garage to meeting venue: Exit parking garage making left on Eddy Street. Walk approximately 1/2 block to Jones Street. Make a left on Jones Street. Follow Jones Street to Turk Street. Make a right on Turk Street and the venue will be on your left.
Alternate Transportation Options Yellow Cab (415) 333-3333 Green and White Cab (415) 626-4733
Our unique one-on-one mentoring sessions offer you the opportunity to sit down with an experienced fundraising professional for 30 minutes to discuss any questions that are specific to your organization. Mentoring sessions cover the same topics as the seminars, and we will assign you a mentor based on his/her availability at your requested times.
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Breakfast/Registration -Prior to panel discussion, participants and experts become acquainted over a continental breakfast
8:00 AM-8:30 AM
AM Break
10:00 AM-10:15 AM
Lunch
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
PM Break
3:00 PM-3:15 PM